Table 4. Daily feed consumption and feed conversion ratios of quails in the control and treatment groups.

Groups	Periods (wk)
	10–11	12–13	14–15	16–17	18–19
Daily feed intake (g)
C0	35.73±0.60	32.54±0.94	30.92±0.79b	30.41±1.08	27.73±1.33
RC20	36.03±1.04	33.13±0.33	30.92±0.41b	31.41±1.05	30.37±0.80
RC40	36.14±0.71	34.77±0.38	33.01±0.56ab	32.36±0.48	29.84±0.71
OC20	34.53±0.30	33.70±0.27	34.12±0.18a	30.00±0.68	28.35±0.87
OC40	36.77±0.49	34.13±1.02	32.96±0.96ab	31.01±1.22	30.79±0.47
MC20	34.30±0.79	32.65±0.45	30.33±1.41b	30.72±0.93	28.90±0.71
MC40	34.70±1.09	33.08±0.88	31.21±0.92b	30.19±1.26	29.62±0.83
p-values	0.244	0.278	0.047	0.677	0.203
	NS	NS	*	NS	NS
Feed conversion ratio (g:g)
C0	3.40±0.06	3.14±0.17	3.19±0.20	3.07±0.14	3.19±0.08
RC20	3.42±0.13	3.14±0.05	3.98±0.05	2.99±0.14	2.81±0.10
RC40	3.82±0.07	3.47±0.10	3.31±0.18	3.37±0.17	3.27±0.10
OC20	3.56±0.18	3.12±0.15	3.37±0.01	3.20±0.01	3.18±0.04
OC40	3.55±0.09	3.27±0.19	3.40±0.28	3.43±0.23	3.23±0.22
MC20	3.74±0.05	3.32±0.12	3.55±0.25	3.39±0.18	3.48±0.13
MC40	3.51±0.11	3.10±0.13	3.18±0.14	3.31±0.43	3.08±0.34
p-values	0.144	0.475	0.389	0.793	0.303
	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

^a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different.

^*p<0.05.

C0, control; RC20, raw chickpea 20%; RC40, raw chickpea 40%; OC20, autoclaved chickpea 20%; OC40, autoclaved chickpea 40%; MC20, microwaved chickpea 20%; MC40, microwaved chickpea 40%; NS, not significant.